CSG Roundup

Coach instills strength agenda

Enlarge ImageBuy This PhotoJEFF MILLS/THISWEEKSPORTS Columbus School for Girls' Kameron Millner (center), a sophomore guard, returns to help lead the Unicorns this season.

At a glance

Below are the recent results and coming schedule for the CSG swimming & diving team:

Dec. 1 -- Finished third (386) in Catholic Showdown at St. Charles behind Watterson (565) and Cincinnati St. Ursula (433) and ahead of Hartley (232) and DeSales (184). Placing first were Gabrielle Eismann in the 50 free (26.21), Erin Smith in the 100 breast (1:13.71), Rachel Politi in the 200 IM (1:01.37) and 100 back (59.12) and Erin Balasky, Eismann, Smith and Politi in the 200 free relay (1:45.46).

When Lindsey Smith was hired as Columbus School for Girls' strength and conditioning coach in January, several Unicorns basketball players began training with her.

Smith, who was hired as CSG's interim athletics director and basketball coach in June, believes her players now are better conditioned than many of their opponents.

The Unicorns, who finished 1-20 overall a year ago, opened Nov. 27 with a 42-25 loss at Grandview. They lost at Bloom-Carroll 47-21 on Nov. 29 and opened CCL play Dec. 5 at Ready.

"We're not a very big team and we don't have many girls who play basketball year-round," Smith said. "But they really bought into our strength-and-conditioning program and we do more fitness and strength-building than any other team. The girls have told me they feel a lot different than they have in the past, and they're in such great shape that they're going to be able to wear other teams down. It really helps you make better decisions late in games when you have your legs and lungs beneath you."